For Your Information:
Time to Check Grades!
Tuesday, October 9th marks the mid-point of the 1st Trimester. Parents should use ParentConnect to check the progress of students. If a student is receiving one or more grades below passing, a paper progress report will be sent home by mail. If you are having difficulty using ParentConnect, or if you do not have access to the internet to check a child's progress, please send a note or call me so that a paper copy can be sent home.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - Lesson 6: Contractions
- English/Writing - The students will learn how to write titles correctly. Then we will review capitalization, abbreviations, commas, quotation marks, and titles to prepare for the unit test. The Unit 5 Capitalization and Punctuation Test is scheduled for Friday, October 12th!
- Reading - Next, we will be reading mysteries. As we read different mystery stories, we will focus on the predicting strategy (predict8read/investigate8prove/disprove the prediction).
- Science - The students will learn about ecosystems. Ecosystems are the living and non-living things in an environment and how they interact.
- Social Studies - We will not test over Chapter 2 - it provided a nice overview of the United States and some history of how the United States developed. We will not cover Chapter 3 in the textbook - our Junior Achievement sessions will provide the information students should know about resources and how they are used by people of a region to create businesses. Next week, we will start our travels around the United States. Our first stop will be the beautiful Northeast.
- Accelerated Math - The students will learn how to add and subtract decimals. The Chapter 2 Test is scheduled for Thursday, October 11th!
Mark Your Calendar:
10/8: No School (Columbus Day)
10/9: 1st Trimester Mid-Point
10/11: Junior Achievement (Session 1)
10/12: Prairieview School Spirit Day - Wear clothes that show school spirit!
10/17: Early Dismissal (11:00 a.m.)
